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Nigeria Nursery (Kindergarten) Literacy Practice Tests

Five free, full-length Nursery (Kindergarten) literacy practice tests for Nigeria, written to the NERDC Basic and Senior Secondary Education Curriculum. Take them online for instant scoring and a skill breakdown, or print them with an answer key.

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Practice Test 114 questions · Rhyming · Beginning sounds · Letter recognition
Practice Test 215 questions · Beginning sounds · Rhyming · Letter recognition
Practice Test 315 questions · Beginning sounds · Letter recognition · Rhyming
Practice Test 414 questions · Beginning sounds · Letter recognition · Phonics
Practice Test 515 questions · Beginning sounds · Letter recognition · Phonics

All questions and passages are original and written for Pagine to match the published curriculum. Pagine is not affiliated with any government, ministry, department of education, exam board or assessment body. Not official tests.

What these tests cover

Reading and comprehensionGrammar and structureVocabulary developmentComposition (essay and letter writing)Oral English

Course: Early childhood

Skills across all five tests: Beginning sounds (27) · Rhyming (12) · Letter recognition (11) · Phonics (8) · Phonological awareness (4) · High-frequency words (4) · Comprehension (3) · Concepts of print (2) · Vocabulary (2)

Each test checks letters, sounds and rhymes with picture prompts — read the questions aloud together.

Sample questions from Practice Test 1

  1. Find the capital letter that matches "a".
    A. A   B. R   C. D   D. T
    Show answerA
  2. Find the capital letter that matches "k".
    A. N   B. K   C. R   D. D
    Show answerK
  3. Which word rhymes with "moose"?
    A. fish   B. goose   C. bear   D. duck
    Show answergoose
  4. Which word rhymes with "cat"?
    A. hat   B. dog   C. sun   D. cup
    Show answerhat

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Frequently asked questions

What is in these Nigeria Nursery (Kindergarten) Literacy practice tests?

Five full original tests of about 14 questions each. Each test checks letters, sounds and rhymes with picture prompts — read the questions aloud together. You get a score, a skill breakdown and a review of every answer at the end.

Do these tests follow the Nigeria curriculum?

Yes. They are written to the NERDC Basic and Senior Secondary Education Curriculum — Reading and comprehension, Grammar and structure, Vocabulary development, Composition (essay and letter writing). Pagine summarizes the curriculum in its own words and links to the official documents.

Can I print them?

Yes. Every test has a printable version with an answer key.

Are these official tests?

All questions and passages are original and written for Pagine to match the published curriculum. Pagine is not affiliated with any government, ministry, department of education, exam board or assessment body. Not official tests.

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